In response to popular requests from students, dining in the cafeteria at Berlin universities is becoming more climate-friendly. In addition, more vegetarian and vegan dishes should be on the menu.
Berlin – On Mondays there is no more meat on the table and otherwise schnitzel and Co. will be in the minority: In the Berlin canteens, the food should become even more ecological from the winter semester.
“The new nutrition concept was developed in particular because students kept approaching us with the desire to make the food in the cafeterias even more climate-friendly,” explains Daniela Kummle from the Studierendenwerk.
Meat and fish will only make up four percent of the menu in the future, the rest of the menu will be vegetarian or vegan. According to Kummle, a vegan, so-called climate meal, made from fresh, seasonal main ingredients has been served in the large cafeterias for almost ten years. “This is characterized by a particularly low CO2 footprint.” However, the cafeterias are currently closed, and food can be picked up on request.
Climate protection is becoming more and more an issue at Berlin universities. And this is not only noticeable on the plates. Many universities draw up extensive climate protection concepts. The Technical University (TU) Berlin, for example, has set itself the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2045. For this purpose, buildings are to be refurbished in terms of energy efficiency, among other things. Hundreds of employees also want to forego short-haul flights on business trips and have signed a voluntary commitment to do so. dpa
